Nov. 27, 1996
No. 21 Cardinal Destorys UNC-Greensboro in 49th State, 88-52
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Brevin Knight had 18 points, seven assists and four steals as21st-ranked Stanford opened its season with an 88-52 thrashingof North Carolina-Greensboro in the first round of the GreatAlaska Shootout in Anchorage.
Knight led four players in double figures for the Cardinal(1-0), who improved to 9-2 in openers under coach MikeMontgomery. Tim Young added 15 points, Kris Weems had 14 andPeter Sauer 12 for Stanford, which will play the College ofCharleston Friday in the semifinals.
Knight moved past Matt Othick into ninth place on the Pac-10'sall-time assists list with 553. Reggie Geary is eighth with554.
Larry Gilbert topped North Carolina-Greensboro (0-2) with 12points. The Spartans will play Arizona State in the consolationbracket on Friday.
Knight and Weems each scored six points in a game-opening 20-3run and never trailed. The Cardinal shot 52 percent (13-for-25)from the field in the first half and finished the game at 50percent (30-for-60), including 12-for-26 from three-point range.
The Spartans shot 36 percent (19-for-53) and were outrebounded,41-24.
NC GREENSBORO (52) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpDavis 27 1-5 2-2 0-3 2 2 5Cherry 34 3-7 0-0 4-6 1 4 6Gilbert 30 4-10 2-2 0-2 1 4 12Nix 28 4-12 1-2 3-4 2 3 10Daughtry 29 4-6 0-1 2-5 1 1 10Stewart 7 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 0Mccurdy 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Javit 27 3-8 1-2 0-1 0 3 9Lawson 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Cunningham 16 0-1 0-1 0-1 1 1 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 19-53 6-10 9-23 9 18 52_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.358, FT-.600. 3-Point Goals:8-22, .364 (Davis 1-3, Gilbert 2-2, Nix 1-6,Daughtry 2-2, Stewart 0-2, Javit 2-6, Cunningham0-1). Team rebounds: 1. Blocked shots: 1(Cherry). Turnovers: 20 (Gilbert 7, Davis 5,Javit 4, Cherry, Cunningham, Daughtry, Nix).Steals: 7 (Javit 3, Gilbert 2, Cherry,Cunningham).STANFORD (88) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpVan Elswyk 20 2-2 3-3 3-5 0 1 7Seaton 30 3-5 2-2 3-4 2 1 8Young 18 3-5 9-9 0-5 2 3 15Weems 17 5-7 0-0 1-5 2 0 14Knight 18 7-10 2-3 0-1 7 2 18Sauer 19 5-7 0-0 0-3 3 1 12Lee 15 0-3 0-0 0-2 1 2 0Thompson 6 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 0Burge 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Mendez 20 3-6 0-0 2-2 1 2 9Moseley 14 1-5 0-0 1-4 0 1 3Jackson 8 0-2 0-0 1-2 4 0 0Wente 4 1-2 0-0 0-3 0 0 2Tshionyi 8 0-3 0-0 0-2 2 1 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 30-60 16-17 11-38 25 16 88_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.500, FT-.941. 3-Point Goals:12-26, .462 (Weems 4-5, Knight 2-3, Sauer 2-2,Thompson 0-1, Mendez 3-5, Moseley 1-5, Jackson0-2, Tshionyi 0-3). Team rebounds: 3. Blockedshots: 3 (Seaton, Young, Weems). Turnovers: 15(Van Elswyk 5, Mendez 3, Young 3, Knight 2,Moseley, Seaton). Steals: 10 (Knight 4, Tshionyi2, Young 2, Mendez, Sauer).__________________________________Nc Greensboro 25 27 - 52Stanford 42 46 - 88__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 8,285. Officials:Randy Drury, Brian Kersey.